• Winnipeg Jets coach Claude Noel says he had no problem with Ondrej Pavelec failing to be recognized as one of the league's top-25 netminders in that poll, but still thinks the team's goaltending is good enough to get the team into the playoffs. So what, do 26 teams make the postseason now?

• The OHL's Kitchener Rangers hold told goalie Tyson Teichmann he won't be allowed to wear his Sons of Anarchy-themed mask during the regular season. The club feels that associating with a murderous gang, even a fictional one, is inappropriate for their brand. Wonder how the Windsor Spitfires will feel when Jordan DeKort unveils his tribute to Breaking Bad's murderous drug overlordHeisenberg.

• The Department of Player Safety had no problem with Jordan Nolan's hit on Rusty Klesla, but laid a 10-game suspension on Paul Bissonnette for leaving the bench to join an altercation. Can't imagine the kind of headshot it would take to earn a player that kind of punishment.

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